Concord, Massachusetts
Two weeks of talks, readings, and discussions celebrating the written and the spoken word.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Gish Jen
Andrew Bacevich
Pauline Maier
How You Can Participate
- Attend: Most events are free. All events are open to the public. Events that require a ticket are so indicated and include information about how and where to obtain tickets.
- Donate: The festival is produced by a non-profit foundation and depends greatly on individual support. Tax deductible donations in any amount are encouraged and can be made online.
- Sponsor: Corporate sponsorship is welcomed and is available. For information please .
Jeffrey S. Cramer
Events: The Walden Woods Project and RESTORE: The North Woods present Thoreau’s The Maine Woods
Book: Henry David Thoreau's The Maine Woods: A Fully Annotated Edition, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer
Jeffrey S. Cramer has edited several Thoreau works for Yale University Press — Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition; I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau; and most recently, The Maine Woods: A Fully Annotated Edition — and is currently preparing The Quotable Thoreau for Princeton University Press. Cramer is also the Curator of Collections at the Walden Woods Project’s Thoreau Institute which houses the worlds most comprehensive collection of Thoreau-related material.
As with his previous editions of Thoreau’s writings, Cramer’s newly-edited The Maine Woods meticulously corrects errors and omissions from previous editions and provides illuminating notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of Thoreau’s life and work.